Improvement in medical compounds for cure of catarrh and asthma



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I, Enas'rus Frn rlD,of O strander, in tlieeounty of Delaware and State of Ohio,.have invented a new and Q 5 useful medicinal remedy, calledCatarr-h and"Asthma Specific; and I dohereby declarethatthe following is, a full, clear,andlexact description thereof, .which' willenable others skilled in the art to' make and use thesame.. f My invention consists boneset, lohelia, Virgin .1 leaves, extract of liqnoric gum myrrh, and iodide of potassa with nitrate .tassa in such a wayast flicted with asthma mammal-r11, as wanes other. dis cases of the lungsand air-passages, by inhalation. L do not, claim that allof the ingredients'named are i combining hemp leaves, nake root, stramonium tassa and chlorate of pofiectually cure persons atnew for the use andpurposesset forth. v v

jfitrarnonium andfnitrate'bfpotassahave been u sed in' asthma only bu stramoninmh'as but'a palliative Leeflect, and wlie p is attended wit many unpleasant symptoms,and sometimes {tilt-filldfid with danger, from the strong narootic imprcssiou inadeonthebrain. 1N rate f potassa has also been tried, but is too irritating when used alone, or withstramonium, and many cannot bear it.

They both have a prostrating effect when their use, is continued, and theyonly'palliate withoutcuring;

but I claim to. have invented, by the combination of ingredients, a new,.useful, and safe remedy for discases of the lungs and air-passages, entirely different Q in itscurativeresults,from straynonium alone or any 1 two orthreeofthe ingredients combinedr 1 r Herein corisists the novelty of my invention.

u My compoundremedy acts a stimulant, tonic,

alterative, and cxpectorantg, Goming in contact with, all the mucous surface ofthe tubes and air cells ofthe lungs, it soothes the "diseased surface, changes the secretious;promotes expectoration, and causes, by its alterat-ive efiect,fthe absorption of tubercles, if formed, a or prevents their formation. l

This resultL have attained by an acquaintance with eachconstituent part, and by, a long series of experiv ments infmy ownefaniily and on numerous other per;

OSTRANDER, onto;-

Letters Patent No. 112,329, dated March 7,1871.

2 llVl PRpVEtll NTilNMEDICAL co viPouNos FOR CURE oF C'ATAYRRHV AND ASTHMA.

The schedulerefen'edto in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

sons with diseased lungs, after having been engaged in the practice of medicine-twenty years. The ingredients are'oombined in the following proportions l I first make a solution as follows: Water, nine pints; nitrate of potass'a, eleven ounces; chlorateof potassa, one ounce; extract of liquorice, four ounces. I preparethe medicine by dissolving the liquorice in the water, having it hot; then add the nitrate of potassa and chlorateof potassa;-when all are dissolved and, the solution blood-warm, then take by wei ht boneset leaves two arts hem leaves, one

part; stramonium leaves, one .part; lobelia leaves,

one part; Virginia snake-root, two parts.

Immerse all the above-named ingredients in the solution for one hour, or till soaked through. Now take them out, drain, and dry them (by any process of heat). gradually. Then pulverize or grind them fine,

and screen them'th'rough a fine wire screen.

1 nowtake half an ounce of gum myrrh, half an ounce of iodide of potassa, and pulverize them together .jiu a mortartillthey are as fine as you can get them.

Now add this quantity to each pound of the screened ingredients above mentioned, stir them all together,

and finally run the whole through the screen, so as to have all intimately mixed... It is now fit to use.

The manner of using it is to put a portion 'on a small dish, ignite it with fire, holding the dish so-as to inhale the vapor, through the mouth and nose, into thelungs'.

I Claim. Having thus clearly described my invention,

- What I claim therein as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- a p The herein-named combination of ingredients, or

their equivalents, for the purposes and in the manner set forth; substantially as described. ERASTUS FIELD.

Witnesses:

Fie'nnx. M. JOY Jammy S. BEAN. 

